Red Cross will celebrate local stars with ‘Day of Heroes’ event

Annual banquet honors local heroes for every day contributions in addition to the extraordinary

The local chapter of the American Red Cross will celebrate the every day heroics of those in the community with the annual Hero Awards at the Day of Heroes banquet March 22.

The community’s nominations for Education, Good Samaritan and Public Safety heroes are Brent Bondurant, Esty Eyler and Tonja Partridge; Sharon Burns, Ruby Doss and Karla Dwyer; and Matt Kellison, respectively.

The annual banquet honors heroes in the northeast Missouri community in six categories.

For the Education Hero nominees, Bondurant is from Scotland County R-1, Eyler is from the Knox County R- and Partridge is from Putnam County R-1.

For the Good Samaritan nominees, Burns is from La Plata and both Doss and Dwyer are from Kirksville.

In Public Safety, Kellison is an officer with the Kirksville Police Department.

The winners will be announced at the banquet in the Baptist Student Union at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the local Red Cross chapter at or at 315 S. Franklin St., in Kirksville or by calling (660) 665-5686.